#excise duty

Still digging around for posts on a quiet day, but here's a short one, and one you can have a curse at...........

"The King’s majesty, by the advice of his counsel, by proclamation of the 15th of January this year, 1600, ordained 12 pence Scots to be paid to the King on every pint of wine sold in taverns." From the Historical works James VI. (1567-1603), King of Scotland. 

केंद्र सरकार ने सोमवार, 7 अप्रैल 2025 को पेट्रोल और डीजल पर एक्साइज ड्यूटी में 2 रुपये प्रति लीटर की बढ़ोतरी का ऐलान किया। हालांकि, इस खबर से आम जनता को घबराने की जरूरत नहीं है, क्योंकि सरकार और तेल कंपनियों ने साफ कर दिया है कि इससे पेट्रोल पंप पर कीमतों में कोई बदलाव नहीं होगा। यह फैसला ऐसे समय में आया है, जब अंतरराष्ट्रीय बाजार में कच्चे तेल की कीमतों में भारी गिरावट देखी जा रही है। आइए, इस…

IThe case of Eveleigh v HMRC [2023] UKFTT 356 (TC) has reaffirmed the resilience of excise duty assessments, emphasising their validity even in the face of criminal sanctions and forfeiture. The FTT upheld a significant excise duty assessment despite concurrent criminal charges and seizures. The appellant was found liable for smuggling 1,160 kg of undeclared tobacco into the UK, resulting in an…

HURIWA Asks FG To Remove Outrageous Excise Duty, Declare National Economic Emergency On Rising Food Prices

…Says Nigerian Economy Crumbling Under Buhari …Faults CBN’s Naira Redesign As Contributory Factor Prominent civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), on Wednesday, asked the Federal Government to remove multiple taxation and the 10 per cent excise duty placed on carbonated drinks which is forcing manufacturing companies and factories to shut down and…